#165B8D#165B8D

#165B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.105 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165B8D
RGB	rgb(22, 91, 141)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, -1.88, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 33.54, 266.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0432 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.105 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8778, 9.5747, 26.5743)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165B8D #8D4816

analogous

#168D84 #165B8D #16208D

triadic

#165B8D #8D165B #5B8D16

tetradic

#165B8D #84168D #8D4816 #208D16

square

#165B8D #84168D #8D4816 #208D16

split-complementary

#165B8D #8D1620 #8D8416

monochromatic

#051723 #0E3958 #165B8D #1E7DC2 #3D9CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#165B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#165B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B8D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165B8D	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32528C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.105 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989ae',
    500: '#165b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165b8d;
$custom-light: #6989ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45585,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165B8D

secondary

#C1753E

accent

#8538F0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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